Punch Bowl Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 pound butter
1/2 cup white sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
14 candied cherries, halved, or more as needed

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
Beat butter and sugar together in a large bowl until creamy and smooth; scoop by teaspoonful onto the prepared baking sheet. Make an indentation in the center of each portion and insert a cherry half.
Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are light brown, about 12 minutes.